The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-03-12
Political Items.

concluding paragraph:
The Pioneer has always been
ready and willing to give our Off
Gals due credit for their good works,
and in the past we have always
credited Governor Mci1nery for his
course in regard to the restoration
and maintenance of our levees; but
when it comes to the selection Of a
candidate for governor, we must
give onr influence to General I. L.
Nichols. whom we have known so
long and so favorab|y.
The St. Mary Reuie,c, under the
head of"Governorship," says:
Many Democratic newspapers
have hoisted the name Of General F.
L. Nichols for governor in 1883.
1t will require a great deal more
than this to- secure his nomination:
Governor McEnery has his friends
in every parish, and :hey are usually
the class of politicians that pack
conventions and rush through dele
gates. 1t is our firm belief that the
General is the most popular mau in
the State with the masses, aud par
ticularly in southeast Louisiana.
But the masses are never permitted
to elect delegates, and if he is to Sc
cure any delegates from this section
it will require active work by his
supporters.
In a lengthy editorial recon.
mending General F. I. Nichols as
a candidate for the nomination for
governor. the Marksvillc Reuicav, in
its closing paragraph, says:
In a word, General Nichols will
be governor of the State of Louisiana.
and not the representative head of
any faction Of his party. Under his
administration no Democrat will be
ostraclsed because he exercised the
right of opposing his nomination.
Governor Nichols Will be 80 much
a governor Of the whole State, that
he will sec to it, that oar kepubli
can opponents are accorded their
rights. This he will do as the SOL
dicr, statesman and patriot that he
is. Were we now the only person
in the State in favor of the nomina.
ton of Francis Il. Nichols. the Re.
view would still advocate his nomi.
nation. We have tried him and
know him. May he be the next
governor of Louisiana.
The Clinton Watchman, in speak.
ing Of the two prominent men whose
names are now constantly before the
public for governor, says:
IS we said in our last issne, we
prefer Nichols. and wonld like to
see the governor of 1875 the gov.
ernor Of 1888. We believe that he
is pure, upright aud patriotic man !;
a man who remembers after the
campaign the pledges he made dur
ing II; a man who will be not the
governor Of a clique, but of the
whole people. fair and impartial :;
one who would not knowing a friend
was guilty of a defalcation, appoint
him to position of trust aud honor.
Such a governor he was in the past !;
we believe that he will be such a
one in the future. Hence he has
our support; so the majority of the
people here think of him and will
give him their suffrage. While Gov.
Nichols is our choice. we have no
personal i'll will towards Gov. Nc
Emery. There have been worse gov
ernors than he and many better.
We believe tie man Of onr choice
will belong to the better class. We
sincerely hope that in the contest be.
tween these two, (as it seems mar
rowed down to them) that there will
he All absence Of indiscrlminate
abuse on each side /; that the adher
ents of each will support their can
didateS. not with mere hnrralis and
catcli-wor;iS. but by an exhibition OF
the qualities i'll each that have con
WINGED them Of their superior fiji
ness for the honor to which they de-
sire to elect him.
The estimate OF the national debt